1837, "Facetious U.S. coinage" [Weekley], perhaps rooted in mock-Latin negation of squat "to settle." Said to have been used by the U.S. Western character "Nimrod Wildfire" in the play "The Kentuckian," as re-written by British author William B. Bernard and staged in London in 1833. Related: Absquatulated; absquatulating.

4 posted on 02/14/2013 8:04:28 AM PST by RoosterRedux
(Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)